Comments by "zjeee" (@zjeee) on "Have Sanctions Actually Helped Putin?" video.

Depends how you see it, the EU and US stand for more than 33% of the world's GDP. Maybe in terms of population they're pretty minor, in terms of economic muscles only China can compete with them though. If you think the sanctions will hurt the Citizens of Europe wait until you see what happens to Africa and Middle East. Europeans will complain about higher prices of food and fuel, sure but they will afford it. Africans and Middle Easterners however they will die of starvation, it's already started to happen and look at Sri Lanka. When it comes down to food and fuel goes up and nations start competing for food who do you think food producers will sell to, the US and EU that can give them a high prize or the third world that can barely afford the regular price? On your list I reckon China will be alright, India.... kind of yeah not as good as China but they can manage. Africa and South America though? Good luck with that. Why would Russia sell to them for half price when they can sell to others for bigger profits? Even India has said they get a 35% discount from Russia. If we go by that then even if Russia can replace the EU market they will have a 35% loss of revenue and Africa and South America probably wants a bigger discount. TLDR there's a reason Russia did so much business with the EU and US and not the third world because Africa, India, South America, Middle east are pretty poor compared to Europe and they cannot afford to pay western prices. China is the only one that can keep up with the western market in terms of economic muscles.
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The end goal is not solely to topple a government, it's to limit it's capability. Look at North Korea, sure the leadership is the same as before but IMAGINE the North Korean state having access to the wealth and GDP of South Korea. Now imagine all that money going into their military... you see how this would be problematic? Sure maybe regime change won't happen but the less money Russia has access to the less it can put into it's military, which is always going to be a good thing for the security of it's neighbours. Without the Sanctions on North Korea they would have been able to pump out nukes like nobody's business.
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They always stop for maintenance, it was announced they would do that for that date long before the war started. I would not worry about it, Russia needs the money - the gas will be back up.
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@charliecan9603 I don't know man when I see leaders trying to change the laws so they can stay in power for life when the laws stipulate 2 terms only then that's a bad sign. Usually those are the same guys that abuse their power to make sure the political opposition gets thrown into jail. I am not sure I would say fascism but calling Ukraine fascist when they have a much stronger democracy is a bit silly. You can't really compare Russia and Ukraine and say Ukraine is more fascistic when you got a guy that has been in power for 22 years and is looking to extend that to life. If you think Russia is no different from any other European country then I know you haven't been to Russia or Europe in general. How many leaders can you find in western Europe with presidents or PMS that has been there for 22 years?
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It's also a good deterrence, you can bet your ass China is watching and calculating if going for Taiwan is worth it if they will get the same response as Russia got. Doing nothing would just invite any nation to grab any land they can as it has little to no consequences.
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The guy is old and you can only imagine there are others waiting for their time to take over. There's no guarantee Putin would still be in power 5 years down the line.
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@Jay...777 Why does a country with a military spending that's top 5 IN THE WORLD need to make a feint that cost billions in equipment losses and thousands of soldiers dead? The Russian tanks ran out of fuel and they were abandoned and taken over by Ukrainian farmers with tractors transporting them to Ukrainian storage, is that really a feint. A military super power 300+ IQ move? US troops took Kabul losing only 34 men and the Russian military should not be so far behind and the Ukrainian military is a lot smaller than the Iraqi army ever was. They should not have to feint for Kyiv they should be able to take Kyiv with minimal losses within 2 weeks. It's like Barcelona playing against a div 3 Algerian team and you cheer for Barcelona and it's an even match with the score at 2-2 and you try to pretend Barcelona is very successful when everybody knows full well that anything other than Barcelona winning with 20-0 is a massive failure for them considering one Barcelona player is worth 10 times more than the whole Algerian div 3 squad.
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It's not only about imports it's about business, sanctions means less foreign capital and investments coming in and less Russian companies expanding their operations outside of Russia. It keeps Russian companies small and limits the investment they have access to. It stifles economic growth hence why the GDP is predicted to fall so much, for the elite this doesn't matter much as they already propped themselves up but for the middle and lower classes they can expect a lower standard of living as a result.
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@advancedomega Yeah let's remove the fence at the Zoo for the lions and tigers, having a fence or caged area makes people feel safe and stick their hand into the cage thus having an accident. When letting the lions and tigers run free we can guarantee that less accidents happen. Logic.
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@akon360 Europe's political system is not reliant on leaders to stay in power. Leaders come and go all the time and business stays the same. The system is built upon changing leaders to combat corruption which is why you see such high corruption in countries where the leadership and elite stay in power for a long time.
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